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Sunday, April 24, 2011

knowing about space


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IMAGE OF THE DAY
Friday, April 22, 2011: Charged particles spin along magnetic field lines extending from the sun's surface, visually observable in extreme ultraviolet light by the Solar Dynamics Laboratory

Dancing on the SunCredit: NASA/SDO
Friday, April 22, 2011: Charged particles spin along magnetic field lines extending from the sun's surface, visually observable in extreme ultraviolet light by the Solar Dynamics Laboratory spacecraft, Apr. 3-5, 2011.
MagnificationCredit: ESA/Hubble & NASAWednesday, April 20, 2011: This Hubble Space Telescope image shows galaxy cluster LCDCS-0829. The huge mass of the galaxies in the cluster acts as a giant magnifying glass, in an effect called gravitational lensing.